The Importance of the Deep Deltoid Ligament Repair in Treating Supination-External Rotation Stage IV Ankle Fracture: A Comparative Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 3

The functional results between the two cohorts.

	DDLR group	NDDLR group	value
VAS score
Day 3			0.0331
3 months			0.2453
6 months			0.7232
12 months			0.5783
AOFAS score
3 months			0.2457
6 months			0.0968
12 months			0.5562
ROM (°)
Extension
Postoperative			0.0281
Contralateral			0.4687
Flexion
Postoperative			0.0168
Contralateral			0.7562
Total arc
Postoperative			0.0491
Contralateral			0.6342

DDLR: deep deltoid ligament repair; NDDLR: nondeep deltoid ligament repair; VAS: visual analog scale; AOFAS: American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society; ROM: range of motion.